lana mattar, Associate Director, Employer & Alumni Relations

lana mattar

Associate Director, Employer & Alumni Relations

New York Institute of Technology

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, International Management Studies
Experience
14 years, 4 months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 4 months

Associate Director, Employer & Alumni Relations at New York Institute of Technology
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since August 2012

An ambassador to NYIT New York Office of Career Services based in the Amman campus.
• Established and head the Career Services Center and Alumni Relations Office at NYIT Jordan
• Career Counselor to students and alumni, providing career oriented assistance
• Liaison between students/alumni and employers
• Manage and organize events and seminars
• Handle social media for both departments
• Provide guidelines for researching career opportunities and develop contacts
• Build student knowledge and understanding about their education, career, money, employment, and the job market
• Identify and develop computer-aided guidance tools, and skills assessment tools
• Review and update student/alumni CVs
• Conduct mock interviews
• Meet with employers and build relations for future engagements

Assistant Registrar and Assistant Bursar at New York Institute of Technology, Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since February 2013

• Responsible for learning and effectively using Datatel to perform registration and bursar functions
• Prepare reports as requested by the Campus Dean.
• Receive, collect and record students payments in Datatel, bill students, copy deposits, assist the accounting office with deposit and reconciliation inquiries, communicate with New York Campus regarding balances due, assist with deregistration.
• Contact students with past due balances.
• Assist the Campus Dean with planning registration, registering students, building course sections, run evaluations, assist with NYIT Connect, assist with posting grades, and other duties.

Business Analyst/ Project Manager at Darat Consulting-(Issnaad Consulting)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2010 to August 2012

Managed multi-thousand projects, carried out market research, inception and pre-feasibility studies, assisted in creating marketing plans and business, created and developed our free-lance consultants database.

Collecting, analyzing and presenting data through an Investment Opportunity Evaluation.

• Collecting, analyzing and presenting data.
• Support and activate business development structure and activities at Issnaad along with process and business cycle involved
• Prepare for new potential projects including preparation of EOI, proposals and selection of consultants
• Participate in knowledge management effort of the company
• Track business opportunities, and locate companies in which we can consort with
• Created and developed our free-lance consultants database
• Project Manager for a Facility Management Project - Directorate of Government Buildings/ Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation

Business Analyst/ Project Manager at Issnaad Consulting
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2012 to August 2012

Business Analyst/ Project Manager January 2012 - August 2012
Issnaad Consulting, Jordan

Continued to manage project from previous companies, and took the role of Business Development.

• Collecting, analyzing and presenting data.
• Support and activate business development structure and activities at Issnaad along with process and business cycle involved
• Prepare for new potential projects including preparation of EOI, proposals and selection of consultants
• Participate in knowledge management effort of the company
• Track business opportunities, and locate companies in which we can consort with • Created and developed our free-lance consultants database
• Project Manager for a Facility Management Project - Directorate of Government Buildings/ Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation

Researcher at Darat Consulting
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2010 to December 2011

Researcher July 2010-December 2011
Darat Consulting, Jordan

Managed multi-thousand projects, carried out market research, inception and pre-feasibility studies, assisted in creating marketing plans and business, created and developed our free-lance consultants database.

Collecting, analyzing and presenting data through an Investment Opportunity Evaluation.


• Led the Science & Technology Park, Market Research & Prefeasibility Studies - Masaar (Investors from the Netherlands)
• Project Assistant for the Medical Guide Project - Private Hospitals Association
• Project Manager (Local Consultant) for a Facility Management Project - Directorate of Government Buildings- funded by the World Bank
• Project Assistant for the Cities Development Strategies- Ministry of Municipal Affairs- funded by USAID

Business Development Officer at COMCRA Event Management
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2009 to July 2010

• Reviewed and amended company profile, presentation, all printed material and website
• Searched for business opportunities that could be perused
• Assisted in managing the IOTEX bi-annual exhibition
• Organized several small workshops

Education

Master's degree, International Management Studies
  • at The University of Texas at Dallas
  • May 2009

The University of Texas at Dallas May 2009 M.A in International Management Studies GPA 3.33

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at New York Institute of Technology
  • July 2007

New York Institute of Technology July 2007 B.S. in Business Administration concentration in MIS GPA 3.54

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Career Services
Alumni Relations
Proposal Writing
Feasibility Studies
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DATABASE
FEASIBILITY
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
MARKET RESEARCH
MARKETING
MUNICIPAL
PROJECT ASSISTANT
PROJECT MANAGER
PROPOSALS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert